Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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concern

UK /kənˈsɜːn/ · US /kənˈsɝn/ noun, verb

Forms concerns concerning concerned

  1. noun That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone. “Mark’s health was of great concern to Connie.”
  2. noun The placement of interest or worry on a subject. “Most people in Australia have no concern for the recent events in London.”
  3. noun A worry; a sense that something may be wrong; an identification of a possible problem. “Let me know if you have any questions or concerns about the document.”
  4. noun The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person. “Judy's eyes filled with concern as she listened to the news report.”
  5. noun A business, firm or enterprise; a company. “The employees’ attitude is really hurting the concern.”
  6. noun (programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
  7. verb (transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
  8. verb (transitive) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest. “A good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects.”
  9. verb (transitive) To make somebody worried. “I’m concerned that she’s becoming an alcoholic.”

Synonyms

interest care trouble fear worry headache vexation business business concern business organization business organisation refer pertain relate come to bear on touch touch on have-to doe with occupy

Antonyms

unconcern

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French concerner, from Medieval Latin concernō, concernere (“I distinguish, have respect to”), from Latin concernō (“to mix, sift, or mingle together, as in a sieve”), combined form of con- + cernō (“distinguish”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to. Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ. Acts xxviii. 31.
  2. verb To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest; as, a good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects.
  3. verb To be of importance. [Obs.]
  4. noun That which relates or belongs to one; business; affair.

Etymology [F. concerner, LL. concernere to regard, concern, fr. L. concernere to mix or mingle together, as in a sieve for separating; con- + cernere to separate, sift, distinguish by the senses, and especially by the eyes, to perceive, see. See Certain.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “concern”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “concern” (best matches first).